# FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
> MSHA accident `220001850117` · 06/22/2000 · Wayne Processing Inc
## Details
- **Degree of injury:** DYS AWY FRM WRK & RESTRCTD ACT
- **Classification:** FALL OF ROOF OR BACK
- **Accident type:** Struck by falling object
- **Occupation:** Roof bolter, Rock bolter,  Pinner, Mobile roof support operator (MRS)
- **Activity:** Bar down, Includes scaling
- **Injury source:** CAVING ROCK,COAL,ORE,WSTE
- **Nature of injury:** CUT,LACER,PUNCT-OPN WOUND
- **Body part:** ARM, MULTIPLE PARTS
- **Days lost:** 6
- **Mine experience:** 2.5 years
## Operator
- **Controller:** Rex  Fought
- **Operator:** Wayne Processing Inc
- **Mine:** [4608622](https://api.ai-analytics.org/mine/4608622)
## Narrative

EMPLOYEE & A SECTION MANAGER WERE SCALING ROOF NEAR THE CORNER OF #1 ENTRY FROM THE #2-1 CROSSCUT OF D-6 PANEL. AS EMPLOYEE USED A PICK HAMMER TO SCALE A LOOSE ROCK HE HAD OBSERVED, ANOTHER R M & NOT BEING SCALED--FELL ON HIS OUTBY SIDE & STRUCK HIM ON LEFT ARM ON THE ANTERIOR SIDE AT THE ELBOW, A TRIANGULAR SHAPED ROCK MEASURING APPROX. 0-3' W X 5' L X 0-12"" THICK; CAUSED 5"" CUT.

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*Source: [MSHA Open Government Data](https://arlweb.msha.gov/OpenGovernmentData/) · AI Analytics · CC0 1.0*